These are some of the newest luxury cars built today.
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This is the 2003 Cadillac Escalade. It goes without saying that customers expect a $50,000 luxury sport/utility to come equipped with a nice engine and transmission combination. | Cadillac did just that, make a 6.0L V-8 with 380-lbs of torque. The four-speed automatic makes even the 5809-lb Escalade feel easy to drive. |  |
| This is the new Mercedes-Benz SL 500. This is Motor Trends luxury sports car of the year. The picture at the right is of the of the SL. The steering is also directed in a way that is like BMW and Porsche. |  |
The picture at the right is of the engine. The V8 delivers 306 hp at 5600 rpm. The top of the car is a two-piece hard top. It folds back in to the trunk by the touch of a button. |  |
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The new 2003 Lexus SC430 is everything you can expect in a luxury/sport car. It has a 300 hp, 3400 rpm, a V8 aluminum block engine to make it go pretty well. It can accelerate from 0-60 in 5.9 seconds. | The hardtop roof opens or closes in 25 seconds. It is a two -piece top that folds into the trunk. It also has a leather trimmed interior and an onboard navigation system. |  |
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This is the new 2003 Jaguar S-Type R. It was built to be the next new competitor against BMW. With the new 4.2 liter engine it is twice as good as the previous 4.0. |  |
With 400 hp at 6100 rpm the four-door sedan goes from 0-60 mph in just 5.3 seconds. That's pretty good for a car that weighs almost 5,000 lbs. |
| This is the Aston Martin V12 Vanquish. The figures speak for themselves: 460 hp at 6800 rpm and 400 lb. ft. of torque at 5500 rpm. Its the 6-liter, 12 cylinder V12 that puts all of those figures up. | 
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